Trial date set for man in Samoan scam

Trial date set for man in Samoan scam

Plea deal dropped after suspect fails to pay
Samoa Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia meets local residents at the Ute Mountain Casino during a dinner for the delegation in 2013. Standing at right is Leroy Lafaialii Mariner.
Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel bends Leroy Mariner's ear.
Leroy Mariner (left) chats with a Samoan education minister during a trip to Cortez in 2013.
Leroy Mariner (left) poses with Samoan Ambassador to the U.N. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia and Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart (right) at a reception in Towaoc in 2012.

Trial date set for man in Samoan scam

Samoa Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia meets local residents at the Ute Mountain Casino during a dinner for the delegation in 2013. Standing at right is Leroy Lafaialii Mariner.
Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel bends Leroy Mariner's ear.
Leroy Mariner (left) chats with a Samoan education minister during a trip to Cortez in 2013.
Leroy Mariner (left) poses with Samoan Ambassador to the U.N. Aliioaiga Feturi Elisaia and Ute Mountain Ute Chairman Manuel Heart (right) at a reception in Towaoc in 2012.